Irresistible Ravel from Beatrice Rana at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 July 2020

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“Rana's playing was an irresistible combination of firepower and elegance”

Reviewed at La Grange au Lac, Evian les Bains on 8 July 2020

Ravel, La Valse

Beethoven, Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, Op.102 no.1

Brahms, Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114

Beatrice Rana, Piano

Gautier Capuçon, Cello

Paul Meyer, Clarinet

Beatrice Rana at Carnegie Hall: technique, power and precision

Susan Stempleski, 12th November

The pianist concluded her US tour performing a formidable program of Prokofiev, Debussy and Tchaikovsky.

****1

Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 9th October

An evening of contrasts at the Concertgebouw, where Beatrice Rana’s poised Beethoven meets Paavo Järvi’s clear-eyed Sibelius in a thoughtful performance with moments of genuine resonance.

***11

The Philadelphia Orchestra brings William Grant Still to Saratoga

Cameron Kelsall, 13th August

Still's Second Symphony anchors a Saratoga program that also featured familiar hits by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov.

****1

BBC Symphony and Josep Pons at the Proms: a dextrous dance

Dominic Lowe, 8th August

A programme heavily skewed to the balletic saw the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Josep Pons dispatch difficult passages with ease.

****1

Edward Gardner brings the London Philharmonic to the EIF

Simon Thompson, 5th August

The Planets gets the star treatment from Gardner and the LPO, while Beatrice Rana brings disarming delicacy to Rachmaninov.

****1

Schumann, Ravel and the heat at Beatrice Rana’s ‘Classiche Forme’

Laurence Vittes, 13th July

On a gracefully warm Lecce evening, radiant Schumann and Ravel’s austere shimmer, anchored by Beatrice Rana’s quiet authority and elegance.

****1

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.